Today marks four years since Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II, and there is still no end in sight to the bloody carnage orchestrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes LETA, citing AP.
Although trilateral negotiations involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia have begun with Washington's mediation, they have effectively yielded no results, as Moscow refuses to abandon its absurd demands and shows no genuine desire to end the war.
According to a January report from the American analytical center "Center for Strategic and International Studies" (CSIS), both sides have lost 1.8 million people killed, wounded, and missing in action during the fighting. Russia lost 1.2 million military personnel from February 2022 to December 2025, including 350,000 killed. These are the largest losses suffered by any great power since World War II.
CSIS estimates that Ukraine has lost between 500,000 and 600,000 military personnel, including 140,000 killed.
Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has documented 14,999 civilians in Ukraine killed by Russian invaders, although it acknowledges that the actual number of deaths is likely higher. More than 40,600 civilians have been injured. Among the dead are at least 763 children.
Last year was the deadliest for civilians since 2022. In 2025, 2,514 civilians were killed in Ukraine, and 12,142 were injured, which is a 31% increase compared to 2024.
According to data from the American Institute for the Study of War, Russia occupied 19.1% of Ukraine's territory, including the Crimean Peninsula and parts of Donbas, which were seized even before 2022. Last year, the invaders managed to occupy only 0.79% of Ukrainian territory, despite significant losses in personnel and equipment.
Meanwhile, Western aid to Ukraine decreased by 13% last year compared to the average annual support from 2022 to 2024, according to estimates from the Kiel Institute.
After returning to the White House in January last year, U.S. President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine funded by the United States. European countries, seeking to compensate for this shortfall, increased military assistance by 67% in 2025.
At the same time, international humanitarian and financial aid to Ukraine decreased by 5% last year compared to the previous three years.
Before the war, Ukraine's population exceeded 40 million people; however, as a result of Russian aggression, 5.9 million Ukrainians left their country. About 5.3 million of them found refuge in Europe, according to data published in February by the UN office in Ukraine.
Another 3.7 million Ukrainians, forced to leave their homes, settled in other regions of Ukraine.
According to the World Health Organization, Russian aggressors have carried out 2,851 attacks affecting Ukraine's healthcare system since the renewed invasion and up to February 11 of this year. This includes 2,347 strikes on medical facilities, ambulances, and medicine warehouses.
